Press Room

Welcome to the OSA Press Center. Here you will find the most up to date information from OSA and news related to the science of optics. Past news can be found in the archives. We also have an area which provides news about the OSA Foundation. For more information, email Colleen Morrison at cmorri@osa.org

OSA is a co-sponsor of two key industry events, the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and
the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO). For details and the most up-to-date media information available on
these events, please visit their Web sites at www.ofcconference.org and www.cleoconference.org respectively.

OSA News Releases

(News Archives)

**OSA Press Releases - May**
Title	Release Date
Jayne Somes-Schloesser Joins OSA as Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer	May 14, 2008
New Focus™ and the Optical Society Announce Finalists for Student Award	May 5, 2008
Top Students Receive Travel Grants for CLEO	May 4, 2008
CLEO/QELS and PhAST Host Exclusive Press-Only Luncheon to Showcase Optics in Energy Efficiency	May 2 , 2008
PhAST/Laser Focus World Innovation Award Goes to Coherent, Inc.	May 1 , 2008

**OSA Press Releases - April**
Title	Release Date
OSA Announces 2008-2009 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows	April 30, 2008
Silicon Valley Researchers and Companies Highlighted During CLEO/QELS and PhAST Conferences	April 30, 2008
Detecting Dangerous Chemicals with Lasers, Exploring the Brain's Circuitry with Light and the World's Largest Laser System Featured at CLEO/QELS Meeting in San Jose	April 22, 2008
Optical Society Confers 17 General and Specialty Awards for 2008	April 14, 2008
Laser Triggers Electrical Activity in Thunderstorm for the First Time	April 14, 2008
Industry Newsmakers – First Quarter 2008	April 2, 2008

**OSA Press Releases - March**
Title	Release Date
Optics Express to be Indexed in MEDLINE	March 19, 2008
Optical Society of America Names 2008 Advocates of Optics	March 19, 2008
Researchers Use Light to Detect Alzheimer's	March 14, 2008
OSA Members Visit Legislators on Capitol Hill to Call for Increased Investment in Federal R&D Funding	March 5, 2008

**OSA Press Releases - February**
Title	Release Date
First Recipient of Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition Announced	February 28, 2008
Optical Communication Industry to Convene in San Diego for OFC/NFOEC	February 19, 2008
Laser Light May Be Able to Detect Diseases on the Breath	February 18, 2008
Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition Finalists Announced	February 15, 2008
Optical Fiber and the Future of Communication- Major Research Conference to be held in San Diego, Feb. 24-28	February 14, 2008
Optical Society of America Announces Top Optics Research Paper Downloads in 2007	February 7, 2008
With Business-Focused Programming and 800 Technical Paper Presentations OFC/NFOEC is the Industry’s Most Influential Technical and Business Forum	February 7, 2008
Visit Industry’s Most Comprehensive Exposition, Featuring 600 Exhibitors Covering the Entire Scope of Optical Communications Including ROADMs, Ethernet/IP, 100G, Silicon Photonics, FTTx, Increasing Bandwidth Needs and More	February 7, 2008

**OSA Press Releases - January**
Title	Release Date
George Gilder and Robert Flanagan to Keynote 2008 Executive Forum: Positioning for the Future – What’s Ahead for the Optical Communications Industry	January 25, 2008
OSA Foundation Partners with Harvey M. Pollicove Memorial Fund	January 23, 2008
Optics Express Focus Issue Features Breakthroughs in Coherent Communication	January 17, 2008
Fifty-Four OSA Members Elevated to Rank of Fellow	January 14, 2008

**OSA Press Releases - December**
Title	Release Date
Five Optical Society of America Members Featured in PBS Special	December 17, 2007
Optics and Vision Exhibit Opens at Fleischmann Planetarium in Reno, Nevada	December 14, 2007
Bahaa E. A. Saleh To Edit New OSA Review Journal, Advances in Optics and Photonics	December 12, 2007
IBM Reports Milestone in Silicon Nanophotonics	December 10, 2007
OSA Foundation Funds New Programs	December 5, 2007
Looking Through the Eyes of a Mouse, Scientists Monitor Circulating Cells in Its Bloodstream	December 3, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - November**
Title	Release Date
Industry Newsmakers - Fall 2007	November 30, 2007
OSA's Engineering Excellence Award Renamed in Honor of Paul F. Forman	November 30, 2007
Expert Commentary Available: Going Green This Holiday Season with Energy-Saving LEDs	November 30, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - October**
Title	Release Date
New Web-Based Font Set Properly Renders Mathematical Symbols on Any Computer	October 31, 2007
Microfluidics and Optical Trapping Integrated for the First Time in New Lab-On-A-Chip Research	October 25, 2007
Scitopia.org Refines Search with User Feedback	October 16, 2007
OSA Debuts Corporate Member Pavilion at AOE, Provides Opportunities for Business Connections in Critical Chinese Market	October 12, 2007
Call for Nominations for National Medal of Science	October 3, 2007
OFC/NFOEC 2008 Confirms Industry Luminaries as Keynotes	October 3, 2007
Optics Industry Luminaries Network and Learn at FiO 2007, Field's Longest-Standing Event	October 1, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - September**
Title	Release Date
OSA Elects 2008 Vice President, James C. Wyant	September 18, 2007
Silicon Valley Researchers and Companies Highlighted During OSA ‘Frontiers in Optics’ Annual Meeting	September 10, 2007
Industry Newsmakers - Summer 2007	September 6, 2007
Bringing Sight to the Blind, Making Commercial Flights Safer and Increasing Chances of Successful In Vitro Fertilization at FiO 2007	September 6, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - August**
Title	Release Date
Caucus Briefing: Strengthening National Defense with Laser Technology	August 28, 2007
RESTORING SIGHT, ADVANCES IN FERTILITY TREATMENTS, AND BETTER VISIBILITY FOR PILOTS AT FiO 2007	August 23, 2007
Researchers Generate High-Speed Pulses of Laser Light On Silicon, Speeding Data Transmission	August 21, 2007
OSA 'Frontiers in Optics' Annual Meeting Presents Most Significant Research Spanning Every Field of Optics and Photonics	August 8, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - July**
Title	Release Date
Polymer Opal Films Shed New Kind of Light on Nature	July 23, 2007
Holograms Make for Better Vision Tests	July 9, 2007
Call for papers opens for Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award competition	July 2, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - June**
Title	Release Date
Optics Express, Optics Letters Top-Rated Journals in 2006	June 27, 2007
Nobel Laureate John L. Hall Selected as Optical Society of America Honorary Member	June 26, 2007
OSA's Optics & Photonics News Receives Gold EXCEL Award	June 22, 2007
OSA and SPIE Honor Achievements of Dr. Arthur H. Guenther	June 21, 2007
Scientists Demonstrate High-Performing Room-Temperature Nanolaser	June 20, 2007
Optical Society of America Partners with American Institute of Physics to Bring Optics and Photonics Stories to Television News	June 18, 2007
Optical Society of America Launches New Design, Features for WORKinOPTICS.com Career Web Site	June 18, 2007
OSA Launches Scitopia.org with Partner Societies	June 14, 2007
OSA Foundation Announces Newly Funded Programs for 2007	June 12, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - May**
Title	Release Date
OSA Announces 2007-2008 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows	May 30, 2007
Industry Newsmakers - Spring 2007	May 23, 2007
Optical Society of America Confers 17 General and Specialty Awards for 2007	May 21, 2007
OSA Visits Capitol Hill, Calls for Increased Federal Investments in Scientific R&D, STEM Education	May 10, 2007
New Focus™ and the Optical Society of America Announce Finalists for Student Award	May 7, 2007
Townes Laser Institute Dedicated at CREOL	May 7, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - April**
Title	Release Date
Terahertz Imaging Goes the Distance - News from CLEO/QELS	April 26, 2007
Corning and OSA Foundation Announce Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition	April 25, 2007
PhAST and Laser Focus World Select Thorlabs, Inc. to Receive Innovation Award	April 19, 2007
OSA Joins SCI-TECH Societies to Create Comprehensive Research Site	April 16, 2007
CLEO/QELS Reveals Fundamental Scientific Breakthroughs	April 16, 2007
More Accurate Breast Cancer Diagnosis May Come from Combined MRI-Optics Method	April 13, 2007
AIP Announces Endowment in Marc Brodsky's Honor	April 5, 2007
U.S. Chamber Report Gives Schools a Failing Grade	April 4, 2007
OSA Foundation Receives $10,000 Donation from IMRA America	April 2, 2007
OSA Foundation’s Partnership with the Girl Scouts of the USA Achieves Milestone	April 2, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - March**
Title	Release Date
2007 John Tyndall Award Presented Today at OFC/NFOEC 2007	March 27, 2007
Optics and the Broadband Explosion to be Hot Topic at OFC/NFOEC 2007	March 19, 2007
OSA Co-Sponsors Best Poster Awards at Annual NSBP/NSHP Meeting	March 15, 2007
Fiber-Based Light Source Promises Improvements in Food Inspection	March 14, 2007
MEDIA ADVISORY: 2007 Executive Forum: Inside Perspectives - The State of the Global Optical Communications Industry	March 13, 2007
Hands on Optics Program Highlighted in the Arizona Daily Star	March 6, 2007
H. Frederick Dylla to head American Institute of Physics	March 1, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - February**
Title	Release Date
OFC/NFOEC 2007 Features Outside Plant Activities; FTTx, DWDM, Cable Management and Other Applications to be Explored	February 26, 2007
Data Transmission at Record Rates, Better Food Inspection Technology, Space Laser Communication at OFC/NFOEC Meeting	February 14, 2007
Five OSA Members Elected to National Academy of Engineers	February 12, 2007
Senator Jeff Bingaman Recognized as 2007 Optical Society of America Advocate of Optics	February 8, 2007
OSA: Bush Administration’s 2008 Budget Proposal Recognizes Importance of Scientific Innovation	February 7, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - January**
Title	Release Date
Thomas Giallorenzi Joins OSA as Senior Director of Science Policy	January 30, 2007
Optical Innovations Featured Among Discover Magazine’s Top 100 Science Stories of 2006	January 24, 2007
Fifty-Eight OSA Members Elevated to Rank of Fellow	January 22, 2007
Industry Newsmakers - Winter 2007	January 12, 2007

**OSA Press Releases - November**
Title	Release Date
New Wide-Angle Lens Produces Pictures without Distortion	November 30, 2006
Congressional Update – Midterm Elections	November 13, 2006
Emmanuel Desurvire To Receive Tyndall Award	November 9, 2006
OSA Partners with Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold Campaign	November 8, 2006
National Science Foundation-2007 Alan T. Waterman Award Call for Nominations (PDF)	November 7, 2006
Industry Newsmakers - Fall 2006	November 6, 2006

**OSA Press Releases - October**
Title	Release Date
OSA Board of Editors Seeks Editor-in-Chief for Journal Optics Letters	October 20, 2006
OSA Board of Editors Seeks Division Editor for Journal Applied Optics/Lasers, Photonics, & Environmental Optics	October 20, 2006
OSA Establishes Emmett N. Leith Award in Honor of Late Optical Physicist	October 18, 2006
Listening to the Sound of Skin Cancer; New Technique Detects Signature of Metastasizing Melanoma	October 16, 2006
FiO 2006 Celebrates 90 Years of Optics Innovation and Showcases Today’s Most Significant Research	October 13, 2006
Sending Secret Messages Over Public Internet Lines Can Take Place With New Technique	October 10, 2006
OSA Elects 2007 Vice President, Thomas Baer	October 9, 2006
OFC/NFOEC 2007 Confirms Three Industry Luminaries as Keynotes	October 6, 2006
German Researchers Develop First Non-Invasive Test to Measure Skin Aging	October 3, 2006
Optics Tests for Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis Make Significant Advances	October 3, 2006
OSA Congratulates 2006 Physics Nobel Prize Winners	October 3, 2006
Rochester Companies, Researchers Highlighted During OSA 'Frontiers in Optics' Annual Meeting	October 3, 2006

**OSA Press Releases - September**
Title	Release Date
Anthony J. Campillo to Join Optical Society of America as Senior Director of Science Policy in 2007	September 29, 2006
New Details about Alzheimer’s Detection Prior to Disease Inception, Secret Transmissions over Public Networks, Single-Pixel Digital Camera to be Presented at Optics Meeting	September 27, 2006
OSA Mourns the Loss of Oliver Heavens	September 26, 2006
New Research Available: Breakthrough in Computer Chip Design Eliminates Wires in Data Transmission	September 19, 2006
Optics Express Paper Noted in New York Times Article	September 18, 2006
On Airplanes, Fiber Optics Poised to Reach New Heights	September 18, 2006
IEEE/LEOS Executive Director Retires	September 18, 2006
In Memoriam: Robert M. Boynton	September 11, 2006
OSA “Frontiers in Optics” Annual Meeting Celebrates 90th Anniversary of Innovation in Optics	September 11, 2006

**OSA Press Releases - August**
Title	Release Date
Twenty Attain 2006 Top Honors from the Optical Society of America	August 30, 2006
Optikos Awarded $3.4M for Development of an Optical Focus Verification System for ITT	August 28, 2006
Artificial Muscles May Enable More Lifelike Color Displays	August 17, 2006
OSA Mourns the Loss of Lorenzo M. Narducci	August 2, 2006
OSA Foundation Funds New Educational Programs	August 1, 2006

**OSA Press Releases - July**
Title	Release Date
OSA Mourns the Loss of Prof. Herbert Walther	July 13, 2006
UNM Professor Appointed to National Advisory Committee for Optics	June 13, 2006

**OSA Press Releases - June**
Title	Release Date
OSA Welcomes Melanie Young as Senior Director, Governance and Volunteer Relations	June 19, 2006
OSA Congratulates Coherent on 40 Years in Optics	June 9, 2006

**OSA Press Releases - May**
Title	Release Date
OSA Fellow named Dean of Engineering at Illinois	May 10, 2006
Delfyett Honored as Science Spectrum Trailblazer in 2006	May 5, 2006
PhAST AND LASER FOCUS WORLD Select Daylight Solutions, INC. to Receive First Innovation Award	May 1, 2006

**OSA Press Releases - April**
Title	Release Date
OSA Celebrates 90 Student Chapters in its 90th Anniversary Year	April 26, 2006
OSA Calls on Congress for More Investments in Research and Development	April 21, 2006
Three OSA Members Honored by US House of Representatives	April 11, 2006

**OSA Press Releases - March**
Title	Release Date
OFC/NFOEC 2006 a Success Post-Event Attendance Statement	March 22, 2006
OSA and SPIE Honor Barrett and Myers with First Goodman Book Award	March 9, 2006

**OSA Press Releases -February**
Title	Release Date
MEDIA ADVISORY OSA Executive Forum: The Road to Profitability: Strategies for the Optical Communications Industry 2006	February 28, 2006
In Memoriam: Frank Cooke	February 15, 2006
MEDIA ADVISORY Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2006	February 15, 2006
OFC/NFOEC Technical Press Release	February 10, 2006
Two New Services and Four New Topical Meetings Announced by OSA	February 10, 2006
PhAST/Laser Focus World Innovation Awards Call For Submissions	February 8, 2006
OSA Recognizes Legislators as Champions of Optics	February 3, 2006
OSA Applauds Administration's Foresight on Math and Science Investments	February 3, 2006

**OSA Press Releases -January**
Title	Release Date
OSA Launches Virtual Journal in Biomedical Optics	January 23, 2006
ETOP 2005 Attracts International Audience	January 13, 2006
Record Set for Space Laser Communication	January 6, 2006
In Memoriam: Emmett Leith	January 2, 2006

**OSA Press Releases -December**
Title	Release Date
First Negative-Index Refraction In The Near Infrared	December 2, 2005
Optical Vortex - Trying To Look At Extrasolar Planets Directly	December 2, 2005

**OSA Press Releases -November**
Title	Release Date
William Baker, former Bell Labs president, Dies	November 17, 2005
Peter Delfyett Named Trendsetter by Florida Trend Magazine	November 10, 2005
OSA Past President Sir Peter Knight To Head Merged Natural Sciences Faculty at Imperial College	November 7, 2005